Tear Collector
You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. Psalm 56:8 If I cried in the womb, God heard me. Each tear was accounted for in his book, His masterpiece detailing my life's story. I wonder if the entries read something like this: "July 10th, 1984. 7:49pm Washington, MO- Laelia cried six tears when she took her first breath" From the moment the cold slap of reality broke into my embryonic reverie, God collected tear after tear, placing each precious droplet in a bottle. A glass bottle? Does it list my name on the outside? I like to imagine it is made from emerald or blue sapphire with a pearl stopper. "On ____ day of 1987 Laelia shed 32 tears as she was being carried down the hallway towards the operating room. She shed 25 more upon waking up from the surgery." This book must have my name on the cover- my very own book with my very own name, with my very own sorrows carefully inscribed...